YORK COUNTY (Virginia, US), Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A chain collision involving 69 vehicles in the United States left 51 people injured, some seriously.
The accident happened just before 8am on Sunday on Interstate 64 in York County and, for a time, shut down traffic in both directions, Virginia State Police Sergeant Michelle Anaya said in a statement.
There was fog and icy conditions on the road at the time of the accident, police said.
There were no immediate reports of fatalities.
Video footage of the scene showed a sea of cars that had collided with one another or the interstate barricade, some with their doors, trunks and bumpers mangled.
“It was all foggy. So it was hard to see what’s in front of me. And then I saw somebody’s stop light and I pressed the brake and the car started like moving around,” said Alena Levy, describing the moments just before crashing her new Audi in the wreck.
“Then somebody hit me on the door and smashed it into the other car,” Levy said.
She said she sustained minor neck injuries, but they were not “serious”.
Levy’s husband, Ivan, was driving a separate car further behind and was able to avoid the crash.
Ivan says he used his Marine training to jump into action and offer assistance to other drivers. — NNN-AGENCIES
